wore hood to post, tracked leading pair, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and went 2nd final furlong, no chance with winner
wore hood to post, made all, set steady pace, came centre in home straight, quickened and clear when shaken up inside final 2f, stayed on strongly, unchallenged
tracked winner, pushed along and unable to quicken 2f out, soon ridden and no chance with winner, weakened and lost 2nd final furlong
Newbury maiden winner Suzy's Shoes was well beaten in a handicap on soft going here earlier. Peripatetic attempted to make all in a similar three-runner affair at Salisbury but was run down in the closing stages so SPEAK gets another chance. The latter went close drawn wide at Chester last time having been beaten only a neck over track and trip before that.
Speak 4-1 (9-6) Slow into stride, towards rear, wide and headway over 2f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, headed near finish, 2nd of 11, 1 1/4l behind The Nu Form Way (9-0) at Chester 1m 4f hcp (4) gs in Jul.
Peripatetic 7-2 (9-5) Led, going best over 2f out, pushed along 2f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on, 2nd of 3, 2 1/4l behind Sea On Time (9-9) at Salisbury 1m 4f hcp fll (2) gf in Aug.
Suzy's Shoes 5-2 (9-0) In touch, tracked leader, travelled well in 2nd approaching 2f out, soon led going easy, pushed along before 1f out, quickened away smartly, won at Newbury 1m 3f mdn stks (3) gf in Aug beating Rechercher (9-0) by 5 1/2l, 4 ran.